Start Startup City at Zernike Campus

Today is the official opening of Startup City at the Zernike Campus Groningen. Startup City is an inspiring new facility for startups and scale ups of Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen, and the University of Groningen. Incubator Cube050 and the Marian van Os Centre for Entrepreneurship are the first to relocate to this remarkable new location for entrepreneurship where students, entrepreneurs and researchers come together.

Incubator Cube050

In the new complex Cube050 offers 600 m2 office space to student starters, starting entrepreneurs and project teams. Next to the eleven offices, there are two community rooms and a multifunctional area where people meet and work together.

Cube050 is the incubator and business accelerator of Hanze UAS and the University of Groningen. Cube050 does not only offer a place to work, but also support, for example, in the form of coaching. Since the start in 2005 over 150 companies were started in the incubator.

Photo: Guus van Os (left) and Henk Pijlman

Marian van Os Centre for Entrepreneurship

The Marian van Os Centre for Entrepreneurship of Hanze UAS focuses on applied research and entrepreneurship in education. The research topics reflect the issues in the area, developing strong small- and medium sized businesses, digitalisation and internationalisation with a special focus on healthy ageing and energy. Hanze UAS is the expert partner for local businesses and entrepreneurs.

Marian van Os, former vice chair of the Executive Board, died on 14 January 2016. She was one of the main forces behind the success of entrepreneurship and research at Hanze UAS. Hanze UAS is number five in the world for number of startup companies (U-Multirank, 2017). Hanze UAS would not have obtained this position without her. The Centre for Entrepreneurship is named after her to honor her for her invaluable contribution.